In the early morning, the mist of early winter fills the mountains and forests.

The breeze blows, stirring the mist, and the pale white color changes in the forest.

The hairy monkey stared at a pair of sleepy eyes, numbly followed people out to work, with dark circles and haggard eyes.

A few days ago, the mine cave on the mountain collapsed again, and three people were buried in it.

The men who dig in the mountains are used to seeing this kind of thing, and they don't care about fear or sorrow.

It's just that the old lady and daughter-in-law of the three people are crying and shouting, which is annoying.

The reckless one, the four-year-old daughter, is pitiful, but so what?

Ever since the discovery of silver in the mountains decades ago, things like this have never stopped.

Even, the hairy monkey can guess what will happen next.

The reckless daughter-in-law will remarry, and he will leave the daughter, who can only be raised by the old lady, and then marry the miner, and then he can only pray day and night, his own man's life is better, and he will not be buried in the mine like his father......

can't say sadness, the hairy monkey is used to seeing life and death at a young age, and his heart is a little more indifferent.

Hairy monkeys have their own worries.

A few days ago, the eldest brother got married, married his sister-in-law and entered the door.

The already cramped dwelling is even more cramped.

The hairy monkeys were driven to the hut to live, and before it snowed, it was very cold at night.

However, these things are not worth being irritable, it is when you are young and strong, you can endure it.

It's just that people in the mountains build houses, and they don't pay much attention to it, in order to save trouble, the houses at home are all connected, not to mention the wind and air leakage, but if you fart in the house, you can hear it next door.

The eldest brother is newly married, and it is inevitable that he will be in love.

At first, I couldn't pull my face, but after a few days, I let go a lot.

Working during the day is tired enough, God knows where the eldest brother has so much strength, and he doesn't stop at night.

The mine was suspended, and the eldest brother had nowhere to use his strength, and when he was afraid that he was tossed in one go, the stormy applause never stopped!

The hairy monkey listened to it sincerely, but he was embarrassed to kick the wall, so he could only endure it alone.

If you want your father and mother to marry a daughter-in-law for you, I'm afraid you will have to wait a few years.

For the eldest brother to get married, the little savings in the family were spent.

People in the mountains are hard, and in the past few years, the girls who can marry have sacrificed their lives to get married.

Even if you marry an honest farmer on flat land, it is better than living with the miners all day long.

Miners want to marry a wife, but it is even more difficult.

Therefore, it is difficult to find a family business.

The head of the steward is the uncle of the hairy monkey clan, and the two families are still close, so at the moment of the shutdown, let the hairy monkey do the work of cleaning up the mine, which is tired and dangerous, but it is better than staying at home and not being able to earn rice and grain.

When they arrived at the mine, the hairy monkey waited with the other workers to distribute the tools.

The old man came out of nowhere, and hurriedly left with the hairy monkey, like a thief.

"Silence, there are good things."

The old man gave a low explanation, and the hairy monkey honestly followed him and walked out of the mining area.

In the bottom of my heart, I was thinking, could it be that the bodies of those three people were dug up? Looking for someone to carry the corpse?

Carrying a corpse is a good job, not only to get money, but also to get a meal of wine and meat.

The mountains are bitter, even if it is the New Year, it can't mix a mouthful of wine and meat.

A few days ago, the eldest brother got married, and his father and mother said that they were going to hold a banquet, but the dishes stewed in the big pot couldn't be found at all, and I didn't know which bastard's bowl the fat meat that the third uncle in charge said had gone into!

As for the light wine that Dad sifted from the bottom of the mountain, only the elders in the clan can enjoy it, and it is not the turn of the half-grown monkey.

In the life of the hairy monkey, he has seen the people around him eat meat and drink wine.

When I was a child, someone from the clan brought a bowl of meat and a bowl of wine to the family.

At that time, the second uncle was not married, so he ate the meat alone, drank the wine, and then went out with the hammer he used to smash the hammer.

I heard that that time, there was a great fight with the people from Chi'an, and among the clans alone, more than ten Qingzhuang died, including the second uncle.

The second uncle's head was cut off in half, and the frightened hairy monkey couldn't sleep well for several days.

However, no one in the clan cared, and they all said that they had earned, after all, the mine was held.

The people in the mountains, it seems that they have been like this for generations, if the people of Mao'an come to make trouble again, and the eldest brother becomes a relative, just like back then, then it is time to go by himself.

Thinking that he only had to carry the corpse and didn't have to work as hard as the second uncle, he could eat meat and drink wine, and the hairy monkey's footsteps became more and more brisk.

It wasn't until he found a forest with a back that the old man stopped and whispered to the hairy monkey.

"The king's shopkeeper who comes to the mine every month, do you know?"

"Last night, the shopkeeper Wang sent people up the mountain to recruit family members for the big proprietor of Ningbo County."

"It's the path of Li Kee's shop, and it takes twenty-five."

"I'm waiting at the bottom of the mountain this morning to pick someone, you go with me and strive to be picked!"

"I've already discussed it with your parents, you don't have to worry about it at home."

"Follow honestly, don't make a noise, my uncle is capable of this, I really want to be selected to go to Ningbo, don't embarrass my uncle!"

A hint of confusion flashed in the monkey's eyes.

Where Ningbo County is, he doesn't know.

With the proprietor next to him, he doesn't have to go down to the mine to smash stones, which he understands.

Thinking of leaving the house again, I don't have to listen to the applause of my eldest brother every night...... The hairy monkey nodded fiercely and responded in a low voice, "Those who don't dare to lose their uncle, I'll choose well!" ”

The old man showed a smile on his face, rubbed the head of the hairy monkey with his big rough hands, and led him to continue walking down the mountain.

On the way, four more half-sized children joined in, all of them capable offspring of the same age in the clan.

The young people gathered together, and the otherwise dull procession rejoiced.

It was almost noon, and the hairy monkey and a group of six people arrived at the bottom of the mountain.

In front of the only inn, there were already more than 100 people waiting, and it seemed that they were all waiting for the king's shopkeeper to choose.

"Have you all arrived?"

The shopkeeper of the king, who often walked the mountain, was a loud man, and he came out of the inn and shouted, and all the men who were sitting on the ground stood up, and a few of them brought people with low eyebrows and lowered their eyes.

"When the people are gathered, then let's start selecting, let's make it clear first, this time the recruiter is Han Xianggong of Dawangzhuang, a character like Wenqu Xing, who works with his old man, and will definitely not owe you and so on!"

There was a low discussion in the crowd, and many people looked embarrassed, obviously afraid.

A character like Wenqu Xing, such a master, can we serve?

"Silence! I was really chosen, don't be so unruly when you go to Dawangzhuang! ”

The shopkeeper of the king shouted, and everyone quieted down, "This time we will choose twenty-five people to come out, and the selected people will sign the documents of support, and in the future, they will be the people of Han Xianggong of Dawangzhuang, if they do not obey the discipline, they will be punished at will, and those who are stubborn will be killed!" ”

After making sure that everyone understood, the shopkeeper Wang asked the young students to stand in a row one by one and began to pick people.

Don't be injured or disabled, don't be physically strong, don't be tall, don't be too old......

The same scene also happened in Chi'an......